Kitchen-cabinet table



no; 608,260. Pat ented Aug. 2, I898. J. L. HUESTIS.

KITCHEN CABINEI TABLE.

(Application filed Nov. 2, 1891-; (No Model.)

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JACOB LIHUESTIS, OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

,KITCHEN-CABINEfTABLE. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 608,260, dated August2, 1898.- li piictfibn filed November 2,1897. Seria1No.657,1 t7. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that LJAooB L. I-IUEsTIs, a citizen of Great Britain,residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inKitchen-Cabinet Tables; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,-and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification. I 4

My invention relates tocertain new and useful improvements inkitchen-cabinet tables; and my object is to furnish a kitchen-cabinettable which will be durable in construction, handily arranged, and whichmay be easily operated.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction, novelcombination,and adaptation of parts hereinafter set forth, and particu larly pointedout in the claims hereunto annexed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in 'which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of myimproved table with a part of the drawers on one side broken away. Fig.2 represents an end elevation of the same with a part of the end boardbroken away, showing the roller-support for the flour-bin. Fig. 3represents a cross-sectionof the same.

Similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in'the severalviews.

'1 represents the top of my table, which is supported on four legs 2. Oneach end and the rear side of such table I attach a board 3 to the-saidlegs 2, thereby bracing the same. Transversely beneath the top 1 I affiXa partition 4:, which divides the space immediately beneath the saidtop 1. In each space I insert a bread-board 5, adapted for kneading,cutting, and slicing purposes, immedidiatelybeneath the top and betweenthe ends 3 and partition ton cleats 6, which are rigidly secured beneathsuch board 5'to the said ends and partition. Beneath each of thebread-boardso a drawer 7, adapted for sundries, is supported on cleats8, similar to the cleats 6. Such drawers 7 are provided with suitablehandles for operating the same.

On the front side of myimproved table I attach a narrow strip 9,horizontally beneath the drawers 7, for the purpose of allowing the bins(hereinafter described) to tilt, as shown in dottedlines, Fig. 3.. 1

I construct a flour-bin 10 preferably in the form of a right-angledtriangle; but it maybe constructed in any convenient form. Near the top,on either side of the same, I attach a cleat 11 rigidly thereto, whichcleats 11 are adapted to rest on rollers 12, which are pivotallyattached to the inside of the ends 3 and partition 4 nearthe front sideof the table,

support the front end of the bin 10, and the Y rearvend of such bin issupported by a rod 13,

which is pivotally attached at its upper end to a staple 14', which isinserted in the rear board 3, and at its lower end to asimilar staple15,which is inserted inthe rear side near the bottom of the said bin 10.pins driven in the top of each side of the said bins 10 for the purposeof preventing the bins from tilting too far forward, and 16 representsstop-blocks rigidly attached to the sides and adapted to stop the binsat the proper point in their rearward motion. Suitable handles are-alsoattached to the front of said bins.

. One of the ends accomplished by the use of the parts abovedescribed isthat the greater part of the weight of the bins being suspended by awire or rod renders the movement thereof easy and nearly automaticthatis to say, the bin, no matter the quantity of flour it contains, may bevery easily drawn out and pushed back in the casing. It will also beobserved that while there is no tendency of the bin casually movingoutward from its position in the casing, yet it may be started on itsoutward movement and caused to assume an extended position withoutmaterial 'elfort on the part of the operator also, when the bin is inits extended position there is no liability of it casually movinginward, and yet it maybe returned toits posit-ion within the casing withbut a minimum amount of effort on the part of the operator. The easymovement of the bin is due to the fact that it is so mounted that itslides and swings both in its outward and inward movements.

The mode of operating my improved kitchen-cabinet table is as follows:Each part 17 represents being in normal position, the flour-bins may bedrawn forward separately by means of the handle thereon until the pins17 engage with the board 9, whereupon the material stored therein may bewithdrawn and the bin pressed rearwardly, where it will remain by reasonof its own weight. As will be seen, the bin 10 is tilted as the same isdrawn forward, thereby tending to lessen the pressure required to drawsuch bin forward, and in the reverse motion the greater weight being onthe rod 13 draws such bin rearwardly.

The operation of the drawers 7 and boards 5 is old and therefore needsno further explanation.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a table with drawers andcompartments beneath the top thereof, and that feature I do not claim,broadly; but

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination of a casing or frame having anopening, a bin arranged therein, coacting projections on the bin andside walls of the casing-opening whereby the bin is supported in thecasing and is free to slide inwardly and outwardly, and a swinginghanger pivotally connected to the casing or frame and the bin wherebythe bin is adapted to both slide and swing, substantially as specified.

2. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination of a casing or frame having anopening for the reception of a bin and also having antifriction-rollerson the side walls of the opening adjacent to the front of the casing orframe, the bin having projections, on its opposite sides at its upperend, bearing and adapted to move in and out on the antifriction-rollers,and a hanger pivotally connected to the rear of the bin at the lower endthereof and also pivotally connected to the casing or frame above thebin whereby said bin is adapted to both slide and swing, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB L. lIUES'lIS.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES T. SUMMERVILLE, MoLnRY IIAYNns.

